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Ontario Gun Show Draws Thousands Looking to Stock Up, Send a Message

• By Michelle Valles and Samantha Tata

With supply low and demand high, gun owners flocked to the Ontario Convention Center this weekend to stock up on ammunition at the state’s first gun show since a mass shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school reignited the dormant gun control debate and increased sensitivity across the nation to firearms.

Some 6,000 people had filled the center by Saturday afternoon, and more than double that figure is expected to attend the event, which is open to the public and ends Sunday. The massive turnout is something even the Crossroads of the West Gun Show promoter didn’t expect.

"Nationally manufacturers can't keep up demand for firearms or ammunition," said Bob Templeton, with Crossroads of the West Gun Shows. "There's no ammunition at stores, I'm understanding, anyway." 

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America’s Biggest Killers: The Chart Anti-Gunners Don’t Want You To See
http://www.blacklistednews.com/America%E2%80%99s_Biggest_Killers%3A_The_Chart_Anti-Gunners_Don%E2%80%99t_Want_You_To_See/23446/0/38/38/Y/M.html

 #1 Tobacco Use - 529,000
 #2 Medical Errors - 195,000
 #3 Unintentional Injuries - 118,021
 #4 Alcohol Abuse - 107,400
 #5 Motor Vehicle Accidents - 34,485
 #6 Unintentional Poisoning - 31,758
 #7 Drug Abuse - 25,500
 #8 Unintentional Falls - 24,792
 #9 NON-FIREARM HOMICIDES - 16,799
 (Non-firearm covers the use of many varied weapons -- knives, bats, hammers, poisons, and mores)

 #10 Firearm Homicides - 11,493

 U.S. Deaths per year, from selected causes:  Sources:  CDC, FBI, U.S. Federal Government
 



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